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  1. TExpress
    SAT scores and acceptance rates would probably have to be the primary indicators as GPA and class rank have gone out the window. Over the long run I would definitely say "yes". The past 3 years have been marginal. I transferred from a major university to USF in 2002 (because I realized the cold sucked and had a lot of friends at USF) and USF is a completely different university today. I was so impressed with the change that in 2009 I went back to USF and got a masters. I would venture to guess that a lot of the kids admitted in 2002 would not get accepted today.
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    FWIW: This will show you the skew in GPA over the years. I graduated HS in 2000. I had a 4.31 weighted and a 3.9 unweighted GPA. About half of my courses were honors and AP (which was all that was offered) so my highest possible GPA would have been around 4.5. Using today's scale, I would have between a 4.38 and 4.86 weighted GPA. Add more weighted classes and the GPA goes to 5.0 and beyond! It had no effect on my academic standing so I chose not to take 20 classes a year, plus I had a life.
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    The new system has become ridiculous. It is no longer a grade point average, it is a grade point accumulation. If a person has straight A's today and takes the required 24 credits for graduation he will receive a 4.0 plus a 0.04 to 0.08 increase for each weighted class taken. In the case of the 9.3 GPA, the kid took more than 70 credits with most of them being weighted classes. The ridiculous GPA system today just tell us whether or not a kid has a social life. Class rank is now skewed too! A person could make straight B's now and become valedictorian if they took enough classes. I guess we have reached the steroid era of high school academics in terms of artificially inflated GPA's.
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    ****, just woke up... Is today Sunday???
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    He definitely has a winner's mentality. He has me believing he can turn this program around. It sounds like he is getting some heart back into this team and getting rid of that "losing is alright if you try hard" mentality instilled by Holtz. Hopefully we progress even further on Saturday.
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    Brad that really puts thing into perspective. Thanks for posting and I hope all ends well.
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    This was not the best game to go to sober. Now I will be forced to remember everything...
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    From what I saw the final few games last year, Taggart was given an 0-12 team to work with just like at WKU. He went 2-10 his 1st season at WKU before turning them around. Hopefully he just needs more time. The defense really worries me though. We have taken a major step back. And that is hard to do following the Cosh era.
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    Yeah, Taggart came in and scouted recruits while Skippy came in and scouted golf courses.
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    According to Madden 2014, J'Dinkalage made a roster. How did he do last night??
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    Even if the Texas and Oklahoma schools left, it would still be a better conference than what we are left with after this year.
  12. TExpress
    Just as with everything else in life, it's all about the money...
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    It seems that these ratings are generated to appease the bigger schools with larger fan bases in an attempt to generate more subscriptions.
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    247 does it too... He is now a 3-star and out of the top 247. He can't be doing too poorly at the summer camps because he gets an offer after each one...
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    . Did he lose a limb? I've got to admit that Bullwinkle is right on this one. Dropping over 125 spots during the season is one thing (if he is playing terribly), but dropping that many spots when the season hasn't even started is ridiculous...The pay sites are putting way too much emphasis on which schools are actively recruiting and who the kid favors/commits to. Mike Singer, any insight on why such a fall from grace?
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    It looks like someone hits the fastforward button when he gets the ball! The kid is quick and it's no wonder why we are hearing good things about him in camp.
  17. TExpress
    1) USF 2) 54-13 3) Shaw 4) Davis 5) 540
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    I tried reading the comments but I don't speak ebonics....
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    Now that is how you go from hometown hero to joke of the town in one week. Way to stay classy there Litton.
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    Well if it's any consolation, people on the other boards have been saying he has not been looking good at the camps. Hence the downgrade to 83 on 247. But he still seems like a good kid and would have loved to have him at USF.
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    Apparently he committed yesterday. http://smu.scout.com/a.z?s=357&p=2&c=1311671&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fsmu.scout.com%2f2%2f1311671.html
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    On 247 he went from a 93 grade in April and dropped to an 83 two days ago. I wonder what happened.
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    He will do well there but wouldn't be an impact player like he would be at USF.
  24. TExpress
    We just needs Frans and our team would be jacked!
  25. TExpress
    Maybe Hans will "Pump him up".
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